QinetiQ GRC naval architects in combination with their Paramarine software are working with QED Naval Ltd in the development of a marine platform (Subhub) that is being designed to transport, install, anchor and maintain wave and tidal turbines through life. This will bring major cost and time advantages to tidal turbine field installations on
Read more29 crewmembers aboard the oil tanker PRATIBHA TAPI have been stranded about four nautical miles off a Mumbai port for nearly three months. The mariners’ conditions are heavily deteriorating due to lack of food, water, and fuel; many have fallen ill. The crew of the TAPI has apparently not been paid for a month,
Read moreFor the year 2013, the shipping industry should continue to boost efforts to counter piracy and armed robbery, which will continue to be a threat, according to Peter M. Swift, chairman of the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP). Pirate attacks and armed robbery operating in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean have remained
Read moreJakarta: State-run construction firm PT Pembangunan Perumahan Persero is set to start construction this month on a much-needed alternative to Jakarta’s cramped Tanjung Priok port. Groundbreaking for the new Kalibaru port is imminent and comes as Jakarta groans over limited freight handling capacity. The Indonesian capital handles roughly two thirds of all the nation’s
Read moreAmendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) aimed at preventing accidents during lifeboat launching entered into force on 1 January 2013. The amendments, adopted in May 2011, add a new paragraph 5 to SOLAS regulation III/1, to require lifeboat on-load release mechanisms not complying with new International Life-Saving
Read moreFor the third consecutive year, we capture the international e-Navigation community on board a vessel in arctic conditions for a heated debate on the current challenges in the field. Day one will feature speakers illuminating strategic views; day two will dive into more specific subjects trying to get all stakeholders on board. On day
Read moreA tug boat and a fully loaded Olympus 99 oil barge were hijacked by pirates in Nenek Strait, Batam, Riau Islands at 3 a.m. on Monday. Both crews were then marooned on an island. The hijackers changed names of both boats before they were apprehended by Batam Marine personnel and Riau Islands Water Police
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